A SOUTHERN Riverina grain trading business has gone bust leaving a trail of farmer creditors across Victoria and southern NSW.
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Barooga Agri Products was placed under external administration on July 22 according to the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC).
Farmer creditors have said they have been unable to contact the company’s owner Andrew Leighton-Daly for more than a month.
The business had a strong footprint in the malt barley and feed grain sectors.
Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) grains group president Brett Hosking said it was disappointing to see farmers left owed money.
He said VFF members who had contacted the organisation for assistance had said there had been little warning of the collapse, saying payments had been on time right up to July.
Fairfax Ag Media has spoken to several growers in the central and southern Mallee and in the north-east. A number of them are owed sums of close to six figures by Barooga Agri Products.
